"We anticipate that storage needs will only continue to grow as people continue to expect more sophisticated features on their devices and desire higher-quality content."

Western Digital says it was able to push the capacity of its latest card so high by utilizing proprietary memory design and production processes, which allowed more bits to be crammed onto the die of its memory chips.

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